Sports journalist Snow Badua will serve as the league commissioner, while former professional cager Zaldy Realubit will be the operations head.

For its first season which tips off September 23, there are 12 Luzon-based teams including Makati City and Quezon City that are committed to the national league. There are plans to expand to the Visayas and Mindanao in the coming years.

The teams competing in the national level will be divided into two conferences, with the teams required to have at least 20 percent of their roster from their home city, league officials said. The roster can be recruited from the barangay level of the tournament, they added.

Foreign players are prohibited from the league, they added. Foreign-born Filipinos will be allowed to participate once they show proof of Filipino parentage from the immigration and justice departments, Badua said.

There will be five conferences per season, with the team claiming the most titles winning the overall championship at the end of the year.

Badua said the MPBL is in talks with a television network to air the national league games, while games at the barangay level will be streamed online.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

1. The ARC - The Bin Saeed Crossing Arc bridge in Dubai, UAE having 667 Meters span is currently the World's Largest Arc bridge beating the Chaotianmen bridge in Chongqing, China which owns the record since 2009 for its 552 meter span.That's What i call, Brilliant ARCHI-NEERING!!!

3. The GOLDEN GATE- The most photographed bridge in the world was designed by Architect Irving Morrow. The famous Orange color was originally used as a sealant for the bridge and has been kept ever since.

4.The LEANING TOWER OF PISA - The Leaning Tower of Pisa that took over 800 years to complete, loss it's perennial record—it's no longer the world's further leaning tower. The Record now goes to Abu Dhabi's Capital Gate building, which leans 18 degrees—tilting five times greater than Pisa's, But Italy's tower can take comfort in the fact that it still one-ups Abu Dhabi's in one key way: The Capital Gate tower was built to lean, with floor plates staggered to achieve the effect.